On a quiet, cool Saturday afternoon in Douglas Park, about a dozen bird watchers stood under a large, bushy tree, peering through binoculars to search its leafy branches for an ornithological version of treasure dropping from the sky. more

An Iowa man who went on the lam after authorities accused him of attempting to sexually asault one of his nine children was arrested by U.S. Marshals on Chicago’s Northwest Side early Thursday — ending a nationwide manhunt. Thirty-six-year-old James Julius Beaudrie of Des Moines was arrested... more

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Herbert D. Lambert, 31, of Chicago has been charged with aggravated battery for attacking the manager of a Bannockburn hotel after she told him he was in his room past checkout and needed to go, police said.
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A woman who survived a shooting last summer — and was a government witness in the case — died in a flurry of bullets on the West Side over the weekend, authorities said. Kimberly Harris, 25, was shot more than 20 times at 7... more

An Evergreen Park man was killed by a piece of falling debris Monday afternoon at a construction site on the Far South Side, officials said. James Quigley, 37, of the 9700 block of South Lawndale Ave., was at the site in the 13100 block of South Torrence... more